Mitchell Seeks to Strengthen Parking Enforcement in Unincorporated Areas

Public Can Weigh-In at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors Meeting.

In response to years of complaints from residents in unincorporated communities about the lack of parking enforcement, Supervisor Holly Mitchell (2^nd District) successfully presented and passed a motion (on October 17, 2023) with a 4-1 vote of support from the Board of Supervisors to transfer parking enforcement the Sheriff’s Department to the Department of Public Works Transportation Services Division.

The civilian employees in the Sheriff’s Department are not sworn Sheriff deputies, but serve as parking control officers.

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As a follow-up to the motion that passed in October 2023, the Board of Supervisors will receive a report back on the plan to begin transferring parking enforcement to the Department of Public Works Transportation Services Division at the Tuesday, March 19, Board of Supervisors meeting.

According to Mitchell’s office, the benefits to transferring parking enforcement to the Department of Public Works Transportation Services Division for our unincorporated communities include:

Protecting the public right away and safety of residents that have been impacted by cars double parked in the street, on sidewalks or in areas they aren’t allowed.
Expanding the County’s ability to provide parking enforcement. No jobs will be lost, the 60 spots to serve as Parking Control Officers in the Sheriff’s Department will transfer over to the Department of Public Works Transportation Services Division
Upholds the County’s vision of Care First, Jails Last by placing this key service currently being implemented by civilians within the Sheriff’s department into the Public Works Department of Transportation Services Division where it can be given the appropriate dedicated attention it needs to uphold parking enforcement throughout our unincorporated communities that consist of over 1 million residents.

Residents that live in unincorporated communities that continue to be impacted by a lack of parking enforcement are encouraged to leave public comment on this item (Agenda Item # 31) at the Tuesday March 19 Board of Supervisors meeting, the meeting begins at 9:30am.